Otus

Monica Burke

Brooke Fodor

Samantha Mason

Articles for Simple, Rubric, and Plus(+) Assessments.

Assessments: Simple, Rubric, and Plus(+)

You can leave comments on a Simple Assessment for students to see.

Leaving Comments on Simple Assessments

This article explains how to create a Simple Assessment, which uses multiple choice, true false, and short answer questions.

Creating a Simple Assessment

This article will show you how to add standards, edit standards, or remove standards from a Simple assessment.

Simple Assessments: Link, Edit, or Remove Standards

This article will show you how to assign a Simple Assessment.

Assigning a Simple Assessment

Grading a Simple Assessment

This is a teacher reference article that shows how students submit rubric assessments.

How Students Submit a Rubric Assessment

This step-by-step guide shows you how to print a simple assessment or its answer key.

How to Print a Simple Assessment or Answer Key

This article will show you how you can use Simple Assessments in Otus to help manage the social and emotional needs of your students.

Using Simple Assessments for SEL

Simple Assessments

You can leave comments on a Rubric Assessment for students to see.

Leaving Comments on Rubric Assessments

This article will show you how to create Rubric Assessments

Creating a Rubric Assessment

This article will show you how to assign a Rubric Assessment.

Assigning a Rubric Assessment

This article will describe the process of grading a points-based rubric assessment.

Grading a Points-Based Rubric Assessment

This article will show you how to grade an assessment that uses a non-points grading scale (mastery levels).

Grading a Standards-Based Rubric Assessment

This article will show teachers how they can leave audio or video feedback for students to view on their graded rubric assessment.

Rubric Assessments: How Teachers can Leave Audio or Video Feedback

This article explains how to access your rubric descriptor bank.

Rubric Descriptor Bank

This article provides detailed information about the Turnitin feature that is available for participating districts only.

Rubric Assessment: Turnitin Feature (Participating Districts Only)

This article will show you how to add standards, edit standards, or remove standards from a Rubric assessment.

Rubric Assessments: Link, Edit, or Remove Standards

This article illustrates how to assign the same grade to multiple students in a rubric assessment.

Mass Grade a Rubric Assessment

This article illustrates how to print a rubric assessment in Otus.

Printing a Rubric Assessment

Rubric Assessments

Plus assessments allow you to easily add scores to your gradebook for assessments taken outside of Otus.

Adding a Plus (+) Assessment to the Gradebook

You can edit the title, type/category, point value, standard(s), and submission date of a + assessment. You can also add additional scores.

Edit a + (Plus) Assessment

This article illustrates how to add, edit, or remove standards from a Plus Assessment.